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By: Sean Crose “Earlier this week, I finalized a deal to acquire 100% of The Ring Magazine, and I want to make a few things clear.” So said Saudi Arabia’s sports honcho, Turki Alalshikh on social media Monday. “The print version of the magazine will return immediately after a two year hiatus,” he continued, “and

By: Sean Crose Writing for Boxing Insider, I named it 2022’s fight of the year. For Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano had put on a show for the ages. “Talyor-Serrano wasn’t just a back and forth affair,” I wrote at the time, “it was a seesaw battle where the combatants were among the best in

Tropicana Atlantic City is where it was happening – every week – in the 1980s By Boxing Insider staff Atlantic City was home to one of the more unusual boxing series the sport has seen over the past 40+ years; unusual in the respect that it was conducted on a weekly basis. This was something

By: Sean Crose In just under a month, Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury will battle for heavyweight supremacy for the second time. Their first fight ended with Usyk being crowned undisputed king of the division by a razor sharp decision. No one knows how the second fight will play out, only that it’s good for

By: Sean Crose WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios made the first defense of his title Friday night against Abel Ramos on the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul undercard. The fight, which was scheduled for twelve, went down at AT&T stadium outside Dallas and was broadcast live on Netflix. The 29-2 Barrios rattled the 28-6-2 Ramos early on

By: Sean Crose Their first fight was a war. Katie Taylor ended up winning a squeaker over Amanda Serrano, but the bout truly could have gone either way. That was back in 2022. Friday night at AT&T Stadium, Taylor and Serrano got it on for the second time as the co-main event of the Mike

By: Sean Crose After almost 20 years removed from the ring, the one and only Mike Tyson slipped between the ropes at AT&T Stadium Friday night to fight social media star turned hard hitting combatant Jake Paul. At 58 years of age, Tyson was the underdog. The 27 year old Paul, however, had never faced

By: Sean Crose The Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City hosted a Boxing Insider Promotions card Saturday featuring undefeated junior middleweight Justin Figueroa. First, however, the 3-0 Bruce Seldon Jr took on the 3-4 Julio Mendoza in a heavyweight affair scheduled for 4. Suffice to say, Seldon completely dominated, though, to his credit, Mendoza proved

By: Sean Crose The 15-0 Avious Griffin took on the 12-2-1 Adrian Gutierrez in a scheduled welterweight 8 rounder Saturday night in Atlantic City. The first two rounds were exciting as both men had their moments. A single, powerful straight right ended up putting Gutierrez down and out in the third. “I give me like

what’s it all mean? By: Sean Crose Sixty million. Households. Not individuals. Households. Sixty million. That’s the number of homes that tuned in for last Friday’s Mike Tyson-Jake Paul novelty bout. At it’s highest point, the fight had sixty-five million homes tuning in. That’s more than two times as much as your weekly NFL game.

“We all can’t wait for @RyanGarcia comeback,” promoter Oscar De La Hoya has posted on social media. “What do you think @TeofimoLopez ?” Although Ryan Garcia still essentially has until next spring before he can get in the ring with anyone (getting popped for a banned substance comes with consequences, after all) it’s clear De

By: Sean Crose Tank Davis’ next bout looks like it’s going to go down a bit later than first thought. According to noted fight journalist Dan Rafael, the fight between Davis and WBA super featherweight titlist Lamont Roach is being pushed back to 2025.The bout reportedly might go down in January. Nothing, however, has been

By: Sean Crose If anyone knows a thing or two about high level championship boxing, it’s one Lennox Lewis, the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, as well as an all time great. Now long retired, Lewis’ opinion carries weight when he speaks about the contemporary boxing scene. Needless to say, the man has

By: Sean Crose The WBC’s junior lightweight title was on the line Saturday night at the Turning Stone Casino in New York when defending champion Robson Conceicao, 19-2-1, took on the 22-3 O’Shaquie Foster, the man he won the WBC belt from back in July. Not only was the first fight controversial, as many felt

By: Sean Crose People can laugh all they want, but the truth is UFC star Conor McGregor technically IS a professional boxer. He lost a mega fight to an aging Floyd Mayweather back in 2017, after all. His 0-1 boxing record may not qualify the man to be viewed as a boxing expert, but there’s

By: Sean Crose “Keep going,” the man said to a gym full of bright young students. “Stay locked in.” The man then added another, pointed piece of advice. “Be the first one in the gym,” he added. “Be the last one out of the gym.” Sound guidance, but not surprising since it was coming from

By: Sean Crose Rising star Keyshawn Davis is oozing confidence. Speaking to Sky Sports News the 11-0 Virginian was asked if he’s prepared to face top names Gervonta “Tank” Davis, and Vasyl Lomachenko. “I think the question,” Davis said, “is are they ready for me?” Tank Davis? Lomachenko? Is the 27 year old Davis serious? “If

By: Sean Crose “I know that this is a very dangerous fight,” says WBC flyweight titlist Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez (via DAZN). “It’s a huge opportunity for him, probably the biggest of his career, so he’ll be hungrier than ever to take what I have. But I don’t see anyone beating me, I’m on a different